More words related to Arabic

Word Origin & History

Arabic c.1500, from O.Fr. Arabic (13c.), from L. Arabicus "Arabic" (see Arab). Originally in ref. to gum arabic. Arabic numerals (actually Indian) first attested 1727; they were introduced in Europe by Gerbert of Aurillac (later Pope Sylvester II) after a visit to Islamic Spain in 967-970. A prominent man of science, he taught in the diocesan school at Reims, but the numbers made little headway against conservative opposition in the Church until after the Crusades. The earliest depiction of them in Eng., in "The Crafte of Nombrynge" (c.1350) correctly identifies them as "teen figurys of Inde."

Example Sentences for arabic

He was studying the resemblance between Arabic and English words.

In English, French, and Arabic, the reason was announced in neat print.

That is why, although writing in Arabic, Khalid prefers English.

But according to the Arabic proverb, the jar oozes of its 229 contents.

It was the first time he called her by her first name––an Arabic name which, as a Bahaist she had adopted.

And he repeats the Arabic proverb in broken Arabic, “A drop of pus will disable a camel.”